Diyarbakır Airport

Diyarbakır Airport
Diyarbakır Havalimanı
IATA: DIYICAO: LTCC
DIY
Location of airport in Turkey
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Owner Turkish Air Force
Operator DHMİ (State Airports Administration)
8th Air Wing, 2nd Air Force Command
Location Diyarbakır, Turkey
Elevation AMSL 2,251 ft / 686 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,549 11,644 Concrete
Sources: DHMİ [1] and DAFIF [2][3]

Diyarbakır Airport (IATA: DIYICAO: LTCC) is a military airbase and public airport located in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 2nd Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Merzifon (LTAP), Malatya Erhaç (LTAT) and İncirlik (LTAG).[4]

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Airlines and destinations

Airlines↓ Destinations
Borajet Adana, Bursa-Yenişehir
Onur Air Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir
Pegasus Airlines Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Pegasus Airlines operated by IZair Adana, Izmir
Sky Airlines Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress Antalya, Düsseldorf, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Turkish Airlines operated by AnadoluJet Ankara

Traffic Statistics

Diyarbakır Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months) Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2010 * 1,390,214 33.0% 14,425 25.0% 1,404,639 32.0%
2009 1,048,875 10.4% 11,506 33.9% 1,060,381 9.6%
2008 949,668 8.0% 17,420 21.0% 967,088 8.0%
2007 881,278 - 14,347 - 895,625 -

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[5]

Incidents

On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634, crashed when on approach to Diyarbakir Airport. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew on board were killed.

References

  1. ^ (Turkish) Diyarbakır Hava Meydanı at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  2. ^ Airport information for LTCC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for LTCC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  4. ^ Turkish Air Force - Scramble
  5. ^ Statistics

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